Isaiah 21:2

New American Bible - revised edition

A harsh vision has been announced to me: “The traitor betrays, the despoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; put an end to all its groaning!”

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

2 Kings 17:6

In Hoshea’s ninth year, the king of Assyria took Samaria, deported the Israelites to Assyria, and settled them in Halah, and at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Psalm 119:158

I view the faithless with loathing because they do not heed your promise.

Psalm 12:5

Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

Psalm 25:3

No one is disgraced who waits for you, but only those who are treacherous without cause.

Psalm 60:3

O God, you rejected us, broke our defenses; you were angry but now revive us.

Psalm 79:11

Let the groaning of the imprisoned come in before you; in accord with the greatness of your arm preserve those doomed to die.

Proverbs 13:15

Good sense brings favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

Isaiah 11:11

On that day, The Lord shall again take it in hand to reclaim the remnant of his people that is left from Assyria and Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.

Isaiah 14:4

you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! how the turmoil has ended!

Isaiah 14:7

The whole earth rests peacefully, song breaks forth;

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up the quiver, Aram mounts the horses and Kir uncovers the shields.

Isaiah 24:16

From the end of the earth we hear songs: “Splendor to the Just One!” But I said, “I am wasted, wasted away. Woe is me! The traitors betray; with treachery have the traitors betrayed!

Isaiah 33:1

Ah! You destroyer never destroyed, betrayer never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; when you have stopped betraying, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; They meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning flee away.

Isaiah 47:6

Angry at my people, I profaned my heritage And gave them into your power; but you showed them no mercy; Upon the aged you laid a very heavy yoke.

Jeremiah 25:25

all the kings of Zimri, of Elam, of the Medes;

Jeremiah 31:20

Is Ephraim not my favored son, the child in whom I delight? Even though I threaten him, I must still remember him! My heart stirs for him, I must show him compassion!—oracle of the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I will slake the thirst of the faint; the appetite of all the weary I will satisfy.

Jeremiah 45:3

You said, “Woe is me! the Lord has added grief to my pain. I have worn myself out with groaning; rest eludes me.”

Jeremiah 49:34

The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah:

Jeremiah 49:35

Thus says the Lord of hosts: Look! I will break the bow of Elam, the mainstay of their might.

Jeremiah 50:14

Take your posts encircling Babylon, you who bend the bow; Shoot at it, do not spare your arrows,

Jeremiah 50:34

Strong is their Redeemer, whose name is Lord of hosts, The sure defender of their cause, who gives rest to their land, but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:11

Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers; The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for his resolve is Babylon’s destruction. Yes, it is retribution from the Lord, retribution for his temple.

Jeremiah 51:44

I will punish Bel in Babylon, and make him vomit up what he swallowed; nations shall no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon falls!

Jeremiah 51:53

Though Babylon scale the heavens, and make her strong heights inaccessible, my destroyers shall reach her—oracle of the Lord.

Lamentations 1:22

Let all their evil come before you and deal with them As you have so ruthlessly dealt with me for all my rebellions. My groans are many, my heart is sick.”

Daniel 5:28

Peres, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 5:9

Then King Belshazzar was greatly terrified; his face became pale, and his nobles were thrown into confusion.

Daniel 8:2

In my vision I saw myself in the fortress of Susa in the province of Elam; I was beside the river Ulai.

Daniel 8:20

“The two-horned ram you saw represents the kings of the Medes and Persians.

Revelation 13:10

Anyone destined for captivity goes into captivity. Anyone destined to be slain by the sword shall be slain by the sword. Such is the faithful endurance of the holy ones. The Second Beast.

1 Samuel 24:13

May the Lord judge between me and you. May the Lord exact justice from you in my case. I shall not lay a hand on you.